The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Bodmin, Devon is in Devon.
See: [Map], Lanhydrock, Bodmin.
Chronicles of London Vitellius A XVI. September 1497. Also this present moneth of Septembre landed in Cornewall Perkyn Werbek (age 23) wt iij smale Shippes only, and wt hym to the numbre of an hundreth or vj score persones, which entred ferther vnto a Towne called Bodman, where he was accompaned wt iij or iiij ml men of Rascayll and most parte naked men. And there proclaymed hym silf kyng Richard the iiijwth, And Second Son vnto kyng Edward the iiijwth late kyng of Englond.
In 1614 during the Addled Parliament Charles Thynne (age 46) was elected MP Lymington. John "Black Sir John" Egerton (age 63) was elected MP Lichfield. Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven (age 21) was elected MP Dorset. Richard Edgecumbe (age 44) was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1621 John Trevor (age 58) was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1624 Thomas Stafford (age 50) was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1624 Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 24) was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1625 Thomas Stafford (age 51) was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1625 Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans (age 19) was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1628 Robert Killigrew (age 48) was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1660 Hender Robartes (age 24) was elected MP Bodmin during the Convention Parliament.
In 1661 John Carew 3rd Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Bodmin.
On 8th May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) summoned his second Parliament.
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 44) was elected MP Wallingford.
James Thynne (age 56) was elected MP Wiltshire.
Adam Browne 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Surrey.
Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 30) was elected MP Northumberland.
William Compton (age 36) was elected MP Cambridge.
Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 32) was elected MP Camelford.
Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 61) was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.
Edward Hungerford (age 28) was elected MP Chippenham.
Robert Pierrepont (age 24) was elected MP Nottingham.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 75) was elected MP Weymouth.
Giles Strangeways (age 45) was elected MP Dorset.
John Strangeways (age 24) was elected MP Bridport.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Taunton.
James Herbert (age 38) was elected MP Queenborough.
William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington (age 21) was elected MP Cambridge.
William Bowes of Streatlam (age 4) was elected MP Durham.
Robert Brooke (age 24) was elected MP Aldeburgh.
Josiah Child (age 30) was elected MP Dartmouth.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 73) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 37) was elected MP Brackley.
Richard Jennings (age 42) was elected MP St Albans.
Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Norfolk.
Edward Phelips (age 48) was elected MP Somerset.
Robert Robartes (age 27) was elected MP Bossiney.
Hender Robartes (age 25) was elected MP Bodmin.
Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Coventry.
William Portman 6th Baronet (age 17) was elected MP Taunton.
John Robinson 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Rye.
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In 1689 John Cutler 1st Baronet (age 86) was elected MP Bodmin which seat he held until 1693.
In 1702 Francis Robartes (age 51) was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1710 Francis Robartes (age 59) was elected MP Bodmin.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 26th February 1718 Charles Beauclerk 2nd Duke St Albans (age 21) was elected MP Bodmin.
On 9th February 1733 John Heathcote 2nd Baronet (age 44) was appointed MP Bodmin.
In 1807 William Oglander 6th Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Bodmin which seat he held until 1812.
In 1832 Samuel Thomas Spry (age 27) was elected MP Bodmin which seat he held until 1841.
In 1858 Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower (age 38) was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1900 Lewis William Molesworth 11th Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Bodmin which seat he held until 1906.
In January 1906 Thomas Agar-Robartes (age 25) was elected MP Bodmin but lost his seat in June 1906 following an election petition.
Around 1650 Letitia Robartes Countess Drogheda was born to John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 44) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 20) at Lanhydrock, Bodmin. She married (1) 28th October 1669 her fourth cousin Charles Moore 2nd Earl Drogheda, son of Henry Moore 1st Earl Drogheda and Alice Spencer Countess Drogheda (2) 29th September 1679 William Wycherley.
Before 6th January 1650 Francis Robartes was born to John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 44) and Letitia Isabella Smythe Countess Radnor (age 20) at Lanhydrock, Bodmin. He married (1) before 2nd July 1680 Penelope Pole, daughter of Courtenay Pole 2nd Baronet and Urith Shapcote Lady Pole (2) before 3rd February 1718 his fourth cousin twice removed Anne Fitzgerald, daughter of Wentworth Fitzgerald 17th Earl of Kildare and Elizabeth Holles Countess Kildare, and had issue.
In 1620 John Robartes 1st Earl Radnor (age 14) bought at Lanhydrock House.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 22nd December 1974 Arthur Victor Agar-Robartes 8th Viscount Clifden (age 87) died without male issue. He was buried at St Hydroc's Church, Lanhydrock. Viscount Clifden of Gowran in County Kilkenny, Baron Robartes of Lanhydrock and of Truro in Cornwall extinct. His fourth cousin once removed Shaun (age 29) succeeded 9th Baron Mendip of Mendip in Somerset.